Ad: Lucky Millinder / Mills' Blue Rhythm Band at the Masonic Temple (1935)
Title
Ad: Lucky Millinder / Mills' Blue Rhythm Band at the Masonic Temple (1935)
Description
Newspaper advertisement for Lucky Millinder and Mills' Blue Rhythm Band at the Masonic Temple. Birmingham News, June 16, 1935.
Fourth Avenue North's Masonic Temple was the leading entertainment site for Birmingham's Black community in this era, and its second floor ballroom hosted a wealth of both local and national bands. As this ad in Birmingham's leading white newspaper indicates, the temple invited the city's white community to witness -- in a reserved segregated seating section -- some of the most popular visiting acts.
Fourth Avenue North's Masonic Temple was the leading entertainment site for Birmingham's Black community in this era, and its second floor ballroom hosted a wealth of both local and national bands. As this ad in Birmingham's leading white newspaper indicates, the temple invited the city's white community to witness -- in a reserved segregated seating section -- some of the most popular visiting acts.
Date
1935-06-16
Original Format
Newspaper clipping
Collection
Citation
“Ad: Lucky Millinder / Mills' Blue Rhythm Band at the Masonic Temple (1935),” Southern Music Research Center, accessed July 1, 2024, https://southernmusicresearch.org/items/show/1342.